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[...they say nothing wrongA change is gonna come --You know and I knowYou know that I knowI know that you know that something's gotta change is gonna come ...]

[Bridge: Joell Ortiz]

First you clean his hands from top to bottomGrand afferents then wash him, then you go pick the cottonListen y'all I'm tired man, I swear [I've been running]For so long trying to be strong with you [I've been running]I'm exhausted [Ohh yeah]My feet hurt [I don't...]Wanna run no more [I don't....]Wanna run no more [I don't know what's a bed]They said [a change is gone]Quit [a change is gone]Quit [a change is gone carry on]

[Joell Ortiz]

Ain't nothing changed except the chainsThat's restraining our physical frameMentally we still living the sameIts lock downThey knocked down the Towers to raise taxAnything they burn we pay backI live in the hood; you'll never bump into Pat SeajackBut we spin the wheel every time we chillCuz cops hate blacks, and Hispanics they draw gatsAnd just slam it before the ask where your hand isI don't see how a wallet can be mistaken for a cannonSo please don't let em play us no moreIn everyway I'm ready, willing, and able to warLike any day I could pop I'd be in the frontLike, please let the force be with me in this pumpHousing want me to work cuz I'm still on my mom's leaseThreatening to raise the rent if I don't pick up them park leavesAin't nothing in this world for freeBut somehow they got us fooled like this world is free

[Chorus: Joell Ortiz]

This is modern day slavery, you see? [yes]Carry I.D. [yes]Water is a fee [yes]This aint how its supposed to be man [I've been running]For so long tryna to be strong but yo.. [I've been running]I'm exhausted [Ohh yeah]My feet hurt [I don't...]Wanna run no more [I don't....]Wanna run no more [I don't know what's a bed]They said [a change is gone]Quit [a change is gone]Quit [a change is gone carry on]

[Immortal Technique]

Our people are the product of genocide and slaveryEverything in the ghetto was how it was made to beDesigned in a process, Prison Industrial ComplexNiggaz transformed into numbers and objectsWe pay the devil rent for living in hellCuz the projects was built on the spot where Lucifer fellIncarcerated knowledge heavy weight (Heavy Nigga)Every black man should read through Deuteronomy Chapter 28~Cursed in the city like we're cursed in the fieldCursed on the border, and cursed by the New World OrderOur sons and daughters were stolen by another people___________ end of the Earth, land of the EagleThis is the sequel to the prophecyFreedom when peaceful then violent is my philosophyI built an army, now I'm gonna build a nationThe foundation of a new civilizationAnd overthrow the plantation

[Chorus: Immortal Technique]

This is modern day slavery, you see? [yes]It was designed to be [yes]Patriot Act 3 [yes]Just wait young nigga, you'll see [I've been running]For so long, my people been strong, but yo [I've been running]I'm exhausted [Ohh yeah]My heart hurts [I don't...]And I'm gunning them all [I don't....]I'm gunning them all (Fuck them, niggas!)Yeah I said, we gotta make em [a change is gone]We gotta make em [a change is gone]Quick motherfucker (lock and load)

Immortal Technique / Joell OrtizHarlem / BrooklynYou know what it is nigga, the rebirth of the Young LordsComing soon muthafucka...